985056 - Java JDK 8 released

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Websites :: plugins.mozilla.org, defect)

Description

[Roger]

Java's JDK 8 was released today. Please ensure the plugin checker shows JDK 8 as a valid release. Java 7, currently 7u51, is still under active development and should not show users as being old/insecure. 

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Comment 1

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

added the new version to plugincheck production and also 7u51 should be marked as latest (so not old/insecure)

Comment 2

[Jefferson]

On Windows 7 I'm currently getting 1.8.0.0 as the latest version:

    "releases": {
        "latest": {
            "id": "4",
            "pfs_id": "java-runtime-environment",
            "name": "Java Runtime Environment",
            "vendor": "Sun Microsystems",
            "url": "http:\/\/www.java.com\/en\/download\/manual.jsp",
            "modified": "2014-03-20T19:21:53+00:00",
            "created": "2014-03-20T19:21:53+00:00",
            "plugin_id": "7",
            "os_id": "1",
            "platform_id": "4",
            "status": "latest",
            "version": "1.8.0.0",
            "detected_version": "1.8.0.0",
            "detection_type": "*",
            "os_name": "*",
            "app_id": "*",
            "app_release": "*",
            "app_version": "*",
            "locale": "*",
            "fetched": "2014-03-23T17:35:26-07:00",
            "relevance": 1
        },

Comment 3

[Roger]

We are seeing reports/threads where the pluginchecker is telling people that 7u51 is vulnerable. Can you please have a look?

Related threads:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2813021
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums/contributors/710119?last=58310#post-58309

Comment 4

[Jefferson]

Hi Roger, a new bug has been filed: bug 985968 "Mozilla Plugin check page displays Java plugin as vulnerable even if the latest version is installed"